Dialog and cooperation were at the fore of this reply to “Germany and China – Together in Motion”, Dr. Hardy Boeckle, counsellor of culture at the German embassy, explained in Beijing on Thursday. The event, which is meant to dispel misunderstandings and build knowledge, is under the aegis of president Hu Jintao. Among the programs are the National Chinese Art Museum’s (NAMOC) “Public Art” exhibition, the Beijing Fringe festival in Germany, and the mobile “China! China? China…”*) meeting place.

Also in 2009, but in America: NPC Tibetan Delegates provide the Public with vivid examples and accurate data (click picture for context)

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*) the China-China-China title appears to be an ironical reference to a statement once made by then German chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger, as quoted by Der Spiegel in 1969, warning of red dangers: “I only say China, China, China” (Ich sage nur China, China, China). In the context of the chancellor’s 1969 election campaign, this was one of the comparatively vague slogans. To his leftist German critics, he would refer as “cave people” and “howling dervishes”, according to Der Spiegel. Some of those young to take offense in 1969 may be just at the right age now to organize the German side of the “Cultural Year”, before retiring.

(I’ve chosen some Kiesinger vocabulary to monger the Cultural-year information on my esteemed readers’ feedreaders more effectively, given my unswerving commitment to dialog and friendship among nations.)